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20 Cards in this Set
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Abstemious
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(Syn)Temperate, sober, moderate
(Ant) indulget, immoderate, intemperate |
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Censurable
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(syn)blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible
(Ant)commendable, laudable, meritorious |
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Contingent
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(Syn) (Adj) conditional, dependent (n) a detachment
(Ant)(adj) independent of unconnected with, certain |
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Corroborate
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(Syn)NONE
(Ant)(ADJ) refute, contradict, undermine, discredit |
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Denizen
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(Syn)Resident, dweller, habitue
A(nt)Alien, outsider, stranger, foreigner |
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Discursive
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(Syn)digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic
(Ant)Short and to the point, succinct |
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Disseminate
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(syn)disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate
(ant) bring together, concentrate, mustr, conceal, hide |
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Dowdy
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(Syn)frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab
(Ant) chic, stylish, elegant, fashionable |
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Florid
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(Syn)Flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant
(Ant) Pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark |
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foist
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(Syn)pass off, palm off, fob off
(Ant) none |
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Gauche
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(Syn) inept, uncouth, maladroit
(Ant) adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic |
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Heresy
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(syn) unorthodox belief, heterodoxy
(Ant) orthodoxy |
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Inculcate
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(syn) instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue
(Ant)efface, extirpate, root out |
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Palpable
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(syn)tangible, plain, obvious, manifest
(ant)intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal |
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Perceptive
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(syn) insightful, discerning, observant
(Ant) dense, thick, obtuse, dim-witted |
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Pernicious
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(syn)injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious
(ant)harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious |
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Salient
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(syn) (adj) striking, notable, protrusive, obvious
(ant)(adj) inconspicuous, recessive |
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Satiate
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(Syn)(v) gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge
(ant)(V) starve, deprive entirely of |
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Sear
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NONE
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Specious
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(Syn)Deceptively plausible, sophistic, causuistic
(Ant) valid, sound, solid, genuine |